phoebe-does:

Something I think we don’t do enough, especially as students, is forgive ourselves. We’re constantly striving to be better, achieve better but along the way we’re beating ourselves up for making mistakes. For being human. It’s impossible to constantly be eating healthy, working out everyday, getting 8+ hours of sleep and getting straight As as well as doing a ton of co-curricular, we’re not superheroes and anything that promotes otherwise is lying. We are not perfect and the standards that we are held to these days is simply unrealistic. And beating yourself up for not achieving unrealistic expectations isn’t going to do you any good! Something we need to do more of is forgiving ourselves, forgive yourself for not doing the homework. You know you can do it tomorrow. Forgive yourself for not going to the gym when you know there’s a mountain of work waiting for you at home. Forgive yourself for having days where all you ate was junk. FORGIVE YOURSELF! We’re only human. We can only do so much.

studyin-dancin:

small ways to improve your lifestyle

• read more classic literature
• read about history from different sources
• watch good films
• listen to classical music
• journal more
• go to nice cafes, theatre, cinema and art galleries more often
• learn languages
• dance more
• ask more questions
• spend time with positive people
• be kind to everyone, even if they aren’t kind to you
• spend less time on social media
• do some exercise and stretch
• buy less clothes and make sure they are made organically and ethically or buy second-hand
• buy vegan options in anything that’s possible (for eg. beauty products)
• recycle and reuse what you can
• take care of your skin and body
• eat more fruits and veggies, drink enough water every day
• get a good amount of sleep every night
• stay positive

edit: i changed the title because there was a lot of misunderstanding around it, which is fine. you don’t have to do all of these to feel like you have a better life/you are a better person, however these tips do no harm, so you might as well do what you can!

phoebe-does:

It’s gradually changing how you speak to yourself, how you carry yourself and how you talk and interact with others. It’s stopping acting confident and actually BECOMING confident. It’s loving yourself enough to realise when people you love might not love you enough to build you up instead of making jokes at your expense and then carrying through with that self love to realise you are worth more than being the butt of a joke. It’s standing up for yourself from both yourself and the world around you. It’s being your own knight in shining armour. Your own champion. It’s not wanting to be anyone else at the end of the day because you know that you are enough.